Nail Varnish Marbled Coasters
These nail varnish marbled coasters were inspired by some eggs that we marbled a couple of years ago. It is a great kids craft for older children. I did this with Mini who is ten and he loved it. In fact, he now wants to marble anything that isn’t tied down
This is remarkably simple to do, you just need to make sure that you are in a well-ventilated area and that you wear gloves.
Materials:
Nail polish
Disposable container
Tepid water
Tiles
Scrap paper for completed pieces to dry
Wooden sticks
Disposable gloves
Nail polish remover – for clean up
Before you start you want to cover your work area with scrap paper as nail varnish can be tricky to clean off. Mini wore disposable rubber gloves for all of this craft too.
Fill your container with a couple of inches of tepid water. We used a sweet container leftover from Halloween.
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Take your tile and dip it into the water with the tile facing down. If you want to cover the whole tile then dip it in as flat as you can so as to not cause any air bubbles.
Lift out the tile and slowly turn it over and let air dry for a few hours.
Once the tile is completely dry we sprayed it with a sealant to make them heat safe.
Then we cut our squares of felt and used double sided tape to stick them to the bottom of the tile and prevent them from scratching the surface.
We also have a great tutorial to make photograph coasters too.
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So pretty! I’ve done this on plain ornaments and they turned out beautifully.
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I’m thrilled you shared this idea. They look beautiful. Thank you.
Annie
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